Daniel Blumberg - The Testament of Ann Lee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

A bold, immersive reimagining of Shaker musical tradition, Academy Award-winning composer Daniel Blumberg’s score for Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee presents radical reinterpretations of traditional hymns with original compositions shaped directly on set. Developed in deep collaboration with Fastvold, the music grew alongside the film’s
choreography and performances, drawing on the physicality and ecstatic vocal practices of Shaker worship.
Blumberg assembled nearly 100 singers, including extreme vocal improvisers Maggie Nicols, Phil Minton, Shelley Hirsch, Freya Edmondes alongside a cast of untrained voices – to create a wordless cacophony of vocal textures that mirrors the Shakers’ ecstatic spiritual practices. This vocal landscape intertwines with tuned percussion, spectral bell tones, celeste, and an ensemble of experimental string players, forming a sonic world that is both elemental and deeply spiritual. The soundtrack includes ten reimagined Shaker hymns performed by the cast, plus three original songs, including end‑credits song ‘Clothed
by the Sun’ performed as a duet by Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried.
The double vinyl edition comes housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves, designed by The Testament of Ann Lee title designer Sebastian Pardo in close collaboration with Daniel Blumberg.

Tracklist

A1 The Testament of Ann Lee
A2 Manchester
A3 Hero Prayer One
A4 Walk To Infirmary
A5 Infirmary
A6 Walk to Wardleys
A7 Wardleys
A8 Worship
A9 Sex Celeste
A10 Beautiful Treasures
A11 Search for Ann

B1 I Never Did Believe
B2 Hunger & Thirst
B3 Ship
B4 Lower Deck
B5 Today Today
B6 Storm
B7 All is Summer

C1 Magical Boat Ride
C2 John's Running Song
C3 Whores
C4 Niskayuna
C5 The Eclipse
C6 Bow Down O Zion
C7 Building & Growing
C8 William Walking
C9 I Love Mother (Pretty Mother's Home)
D1 Arrest

D2 Stone Prison
D3 Shattuck
D4 Down to the Deep
D5 Beautiful Treasures Funeral
D6 Clothed by the Sun